First Aid I - FG10009

• Title: First Aid I
• Guaranteed by: Department of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Medicine (15-446)
• Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
• Actual: from 2021
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 1
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/14, C [HS]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: doc. MUDr. Pavel Dostál, Ph.D., MBA
• Incompatibility : FV10009
• Interchangeability : FA0102070, FV10009
• Is incompatible with: FV10086, FVP009, FVP077, FV10009
• Is interchangeable with: FVP077, FV10086, FV10009, FVP009
• In complex pre-requisite: FGP025, FGP026, FGP027, FGP028, FGP029, FGP030, FGP031, FGP032, FGP033, FGP034, FGP035, FGP036, FG10024, FG10025, FG10026, FG10027, FG10028, FG10029, FG10030, FG10033, FG10035, FG10037, FG10074, FG10076, FG10077, FG10078, FG10079, FG10080, FG10089, FG10097

Annotation

Last update: Klára Jakoubková (19.07.2021)

Annotation: Acute medical emergencies: unconsciousness’, seizures, dyspnoea, chest pain (myocardial infarction, pulmonary oedema, pulmonary embolism), snakebite, acute psychiatric disorders, stroke, acute surgical emergencies: chest injury, abdominal injury, traumatic head injury, multiple trauma, fractures, wounds, bleeding, acute abdomen, other emergencies: poisoning, drowning, diving emergencies, heat shock and heat shock, childbirth. Sudden airway obstruction (chocking) , cardiac arrest, basic life support (BLS), airway management, mouth to mouth breathing, chest compression, initiation and discontinuation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, BLS in children, automatic external defibrillator

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Klára Jakoubková (19.07.2021)

Credit:

80% attendance at lectures and workshops, MCQ test (CPR)

 

Syllabus

Last update: Klára Jakoubková (19.07.2021)

Lectures:

Extent of teaching: 2x3h

 

1. First aid in trauma and emergencies of non-traumatic origin

Basic principles of first aid, organization

Acute medical emergencies: unconsciousness’, seizures, dyspnoea, chest pain (myocardial infarction, pulmonary oedema, pulmonary embolism), snakebite, acute psychiatric disorders, stroke

Acute surgical emergencies: chest injury, abdominal injury, traumatic head injury, multiple trauma, fractures, wounds, bleeding, acute abdomen

Other emergencies: poisoning, drowning, diving emergencies, heat shock and heat shock, childbirth

2. Basic life support in adults, children, infants, newborns.   

Sudden airway obstruction (chocking) , cardiac arrest, basic life support (BLS), airway management,  mouth to mouth breathing, chest compression, initiation and discontinuation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, BLS in children, automatic external defibrillator

 

Workshops:

Extent of teaching: 3x3 h

 

1. Practical training in providing first aid in trauma and emergencies of non-traumatic origine, visiting workplaces providing prehospital and hospital first aid  3 hours

Activation of emergency medical service, content of information, care to arrival

Types of bleeding, methods to stop bleeding, pressure points, the use of throttle

Wound care, dressing technique

Fracture immobilization – principles and practice

Head fixation, neck collar use

First aid in breathless patients, chest pain

Childbirth - video

First aid in burned patients – methods of cooling, dressing, hyperthermia management

Body positions - recovery position, abdominal and chest injury etc.

Anti-shock measures– principles

Autoinjector use

Inhalational delivery of medication, spacers

Sublingual nitrate usage (tbl, spray)

Departments involved in emergencies – facultative part

2. Practical training in basic life support in adults. 3 hours

Sudden airway obstruction (chocking) , cardiac arrest recognition, basic life support (BLS), airway management,  mouth to mouth breathing, chest compression, initiation and discontinuation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, automatic external defibrillator in adults

 

3. Practical training in basic life support in children, infants. MCQ 3 hours

Sudden airway obstruction (chocking) , cardiac arrest recognition, basic life support (BLS), airway management,  mouth to mouth breathing, chest compression, initiation and discontinuation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, automatic external defibrillator in children

Literature

Last update: Klára Jakoubková (19.07.2021)

Recommended literature:

 

Málek, Dvořák, Knor et al. First Aid

https://www.lf3.cuni.cz/3LFEN-234.html

Current Version of European Resuscitation Council guidelines for Basic Life Support

https://cprguidelines.eu/

https://www.lf3.cuni.cz/3LFEN-232.html